What Are the Radiographic Reference Values for Acetabular Under- and Overcoverage?

Tannast, Moritz; Hanke, Markus; Zheng, Guoyan; Steppacher, Simon Damian; Siebenrock, Klaus-Arno (2015). What Are the Radiographic Reference Values for Acetabular Under- and Overcoverage? Clinical orthopaedics and related research, 473(4), pp. 1234-1246. Springer 10.1007/s11999-014-4038-3

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Background

Both acetabular undercoverage (hip dysplasia) and overcoverage (pincer-type femoroacetabular impingement) can result in hip osteoarthritis. In contrast to
undercoverage, there is a lack of information on radiographic reference values for excessive acetabular coverage.

Questions/purposes

(1) How do common radiographic hip parameters differ in hips with a deficient or an excessive acetabulum in relation to a control group; and (2) what are the reference values determined from these data for acetabular under- and overcoverage?

Methods

We retrospectively compared 11 radiographic parameters describing the radiographic acetabular anatomy among hip dysplasia (26 hips undergoing periacetabular
osteotomy), control hips (21 hips, requiring no rim trimming during surgical hip dislocation), hips with overcoverage (14 hips, requiring rim trimming during surgical hip dislocation), and hips with severe overcoverage (25 hips, defined as
having acetabular protrusio). The hips were selected from a patient cohort of a total of 593 hips. Radiographic parameters were assessed with computerized methods on anteroposterior pelvic radiographs and corrected for neutral pelvic
orientation with the help of a true lateral radiograph.

Results

All parameters except the crossover sign differed among the four study groups. From dysplasia through control and overcoverage, the lateral center-edge angle,
acetabular arc, and anteroposterior/craniocaudal coverage increased. In contrast, the medial center-edge angle, extrusion/acetabular index, Sharp angle, and prevalence of
the posterior wall sign decreased. The following reference values were found: lateral center-edge angle 23° to 33°, medial center-edge angle 35° to 44°, acetabular arc 61° to 65°, extrusion index 17% to 27%, acetabular index 3° to 13°, Sharp angle 38° to 42°, negative crossover sign, positive posterior wall sign, anterior femoral head coverage 15% to 26%, posterior femoral head coverage 36% to 47%, and craniocaudal coverage 70% to 83%.

Conclusions

These acetabular reference values define excessive and deficient coverage. They may be used for radiographic evaluation of symptomatic hips, may offer possible predictors for surgical outcomes, and serve to guide clinical decision-making.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Orthopaedic, Plastic and Hand Surgery (DOPH) > Clinic of Orthopaedic Surgery
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute for Surgical Technology & Biomechanics ISTB [discontinued]

UniBE Contributor:

Tannast, Moritz, Hanke, Markus (B), Zheng, Guoyan, Steppacher, Simon Damian, Siebenrock, Klaus-Arno

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
600 Technology > 620 Engineering

ISSN:

0009-921X

Publisher:

Springer

Language:

English

Submitter:

Guoyan Zheng

Date Deposited:

05 May 2015 14:00

Last Modified:

29 Mar 2023 23:34

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/s11999-014-4038-3

PubMed ID:

25384429

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.67990

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/67990

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